1941 Kansas State Wildcats football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1941
| team = Kansas State Wildcats
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Big Six Conference
| short_conf = Big 6
| record = 2–5–2
| conf_record = 1–3–1
| head_coach = Hobbs Adams
| hc_year = 2nd
| captain =
| stadium = Memorial Stadium
}}
{{1941 Big Six Conference football standings}}
The 1941 Kansas State Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Kansas State University as a member of the Big Six Conference during the 1941 college football season. The team's head football coach was Hobbs Adams, in his second and final year of his first tenure at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats compiled a 2–5–2 record (1–3–1 record in conference play), finished fifth in the conference, and were outscored by a total of 168 to 67.{{cite web|title=1941 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=September 25, 2019|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/kansas-state/1941-schedule.html}}
End Frank Barnhart was selected by the United Press as a first-team player on the 1941 All-Big Six Conference football team. Center John Hancock and fullback Lyle Wilkins were named to the second team.{{cite news|title=Missouri's Champs Place 5 Men on All Big Six Team|newspaper=Ames Daily Tribune|date=December 1, 1941|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3093721/missouris_champs/}}
Kansas State was ranked at No. 120 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.{{cite news|title=Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published|newspaper=The Courier-Journal|author=Dr. E. E. Litkenhous|date=December 26, 1941|page=Sports 4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123088221/gophers-grid-kings-over-6-year-span/|via=Newspapers.com}}
The team played its home games in Memorial Stadium in Manhattan, Kansas.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| timezone = Central
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 27
| w/l = t
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1941|team=Fort Hays Tigers|title=Fort Hays}}
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Manhattan, KS
| score = 0–0
| attend = 6,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Northwestern
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| score = 3–51
| attend = 40,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Wildcats Rout Kansas State Eleven, 51 To 3|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|author=Edward Burns|date=October 5, 1941|page=II-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35804584/wildcats_rout_kansas_state_eleven_51/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 11
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Missouri
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbia, MO
| score = 0–35
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|title=Tigers Rout Kansas State, 35 to 0, in Big Six Opener|newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=October 12, 1941|pages=1E, 2E|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35813194/tigers_rout_kansas_state_35_to_0_in/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| w/l = l
| opponent = Oklahoma
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Manhattan, KS
| score = 0–16
| attend = 6,500
| source = {{cite news|title=Sooners Down Fighting Wildcats, 16 to 0|newspaper=The Morning Chronicle (Manhattan, Kansas)|date=October 19, 1941|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35913073/sooners_down_fighting_wildcats_16_to_0/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 1
| w/l = w
| homecoming = y
| opponent = Nebraska
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Manhattan, KS
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 12–6
| attend = 7,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Nebraska humbled by Kansas State|newspaper=Sunday Journal and Star|date=November 2, 1941|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36366991/nebraska_humbled_by_kansas_state/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = South Carolina
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Manhattan, KS
| score = 3–0
| attend = 8,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Kansas State Takes South Carolina 3-0|newspaper=The Morning Chronicle|date=November 9, 1941|pages=1, 4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36164772/kansas_state_takes_south_carolina_30/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Kansas
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Lawrence, KS
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 16–20
| attend = 10,463
| source = {{cite news|title=Fighting Jayhawks Upset Wildcats 20-16|newspaper=The Manhattan Mercury|date=November 16, 1941|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35917504/fighting_jayhawks_upset_wildcats_2016/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 22
| w/l = t
| away = y
| opponent = Iowa State
| site_stadium = Clyde Williams Field
| site_cityst = Ames, IA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 12–12
| attend = 6,000
| source = {{cite news|title=I.S.C. Battles Kansas State To 12-12 Tie|newspaper=The Des Moines Register|author=Gordon Gammack|date=November 23, 1941|pages=Sports 1, 4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35917058/isc_battles_kansas_state_to_1212_tie/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 29
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Arizona
| site_stadium = Arizona Stadium
| site_cityst = Tucson, AZ
| score = 21–28
| attend = 9,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Arizona Stops Kansas State 28-21|newspaper=The Arizona Daily Star|author=Vic Thornton|date=November 30, 1941|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35899387/arizona_stops_kansas_state_282/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
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